
The team at Sterling Sky did an in-depth test that showed geotagging photos had no impact on your Google My Business rank. But whether or not Google reads photo meta data on upload, geotagging doesn’t actually impact how well your GMB listing ranks in a local search. That doesn’t mean that Google might not read the geotags and store that info before it strips them (I personally don’t believe that Google wastes ANY data).

Plus, Google strips all of the meta / EXIF data from photos when you upload them. It doesn’t need geotags on your GMB photos to connect them to your business. However, when it comes to GMB, Google already knows the location of your business. The theory is that if you geotag photos before you upload them to your Google My Business (GMB) listing, it will help your business rank higher in a local search. Does Geotagging Help Your GMB Listing Rank Higher? These geographical coordinates may correspond to those of your business … and that’s where the controversy comes in.
#Check photo geotag software#
And there are software tools that will let you geotag photos after the fact.
#Check photo geotag professional#
Some high-end professional cameras that have GPS will also automatically geotag photos. This underlying data is called EXIF data (Exchangeable Image File Format) and is typically automatically added to photos by smartphones using your GPS location. But when you look at the underlying data you’ll see latitude and longitude coordinates along with other meta data about the photo. You don’t see this data on the image itself. Geotagging is the process of adding geographical coordinates to an image. The output feature class will have a GCS_WGS_1984 XY and vertical coordinate system, since that is the coordinate system used by GPS receivers.Geotagged Photo with Latitude and Longitude If the Include Non-GeoTagged Photos parameter is checked ( ALL_PHOTOS in Python), the photo will be added as an output feature with null geometry. Empty coordinates often occur because the device does not have an adequate signal to capture coordinates. If the x- and y-coordinates of a photo are 0,0, no point will be generated for that photo. The tool output includes a line chart showing the timeline of photos, using a count of the time stamps in the DateTime field in date and time bins that are automatically calculated but can be customized. The output DateTime can be used to analyze and map the output feature class through time. If an altitude was not recorded by the device, the field will have a value of Null, 0, or -999999, depending on the device and the output location you specified. Z-The altitude in meters where the photo was captured.Y-The y-coordinate where the photo was captured.X-The x-coordinate where the photo was captured.Refer to device documentation for information on directional accuracy. Use a geotagged photo's direction information with caution, as the direction recorded by the device may not be accurate. Refer to device documentation for more information. The direction value may refer to degrees from true north or magnetic north.

If no direction is recorded by the device, this field will have a value of Null, 0, or -999999, depending on the device and the output location you specified. Values range from 0 to 359.99, where 0 indicates north, 90 indicates east, and so on. Direction-The direction the device was pointing when the photo was captured.Photo files may have a date created or date modified property, but these often do not represent the date and time the photo was captured. If the DateTime field contains null or blank values, it may be an indication that your device did not capture a useable timestamp with the photo. When the output feature class is in a geodatabase, this field will of type date. When the output feature class is a shapefile, this field will be of type string. DateTime-The original capture date and time of the photo file.Name-The short name of the photo file, for example, Pic0001.jpg.
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Path-The full path to the photo file used to generate the point, for example, C:\data\photos\Pic0001.jpg.The output feature class will have the following attribute fields: This tool reads the longitude, latitude, and altitude coordinates from photo files and writes these coordinates and associated attributes to an output point feature class.
